I wrote Lifting Depression:The Chromium Connection because . . .

Q: Several people have asked me why I wrote Lifting Depression: The Chromium Connection.

A: There are several reasons. Among them are:

• I want to bring relief to people who are suffering from atypical depression. I want them to know how dramatically chromium has lifted the symptoms of atypical depression in many of my patients
• I want to raise public awareness of atypical depression. Most people and many healthcare professionals do not understand that atypical depression is the most common type of depression.
• I want to help people identify atypical depression by knowing its symptoms, which include carb cravings and or weight gain, unexplained exhaustion with a feeling heaviness of the arms and legs, excessive sleepiness, and excessive sensitivity to rejection. (Note: For a discussion of how atypical depression was recognized, see my blog, "Who coined the term 'atypical depression.'")
• Psychiatrists often prescribe antidepressant medications for atypical depression, but they backfire due to side effects. Chromium has no serious side effects.

Just this morning I read a book review of Lifting Depression: The Chromium Connection at amazon.com which reflects the points I have made above. By the way, as far as I know, the reviewer is not biased. I've never met or talked with her. In the second paragraph, she wrote,

“I am grateful to Dr. McLeod for writing this book for 2 reasons. First, I didn't even know that atypical depression existed before this book; and yet I've been seeing a psychiatrist for 8 years and taking antidepressants for 5 years. If you have symptoms such as fatigue for no reason, excessive craving of sweets & carbs, sleeping too much, heaviness in arms or legs, extreme sensitivity to rejection and onset of symptoms early in life (before age 30), Dr. McLeod might suggest you have atypical depression. Secondly, I can't believe a solution as simple and as natural as chromium could possibly work. And yet it IS working for me. Zoloft has been helping me for several years to cope with the daily task of living; but not without side effects. Chromium has no known side effects! "

Obviously I am thrilled to learn that yet another person with atypical depression has responded to chromium. I'm grateful to the reviewer for helping spread this information. It's catching on.